Andrew Kendrick, Emeritus Professor at University of Strathclyde, explores the use Magdalene asylums, rescue homes and Lock hospitals as part of Scotland’s care history.
Dr Christine Whyte, from The University of Glasgow, shares the story of Suleiman Capsune a Care Experienced person who was brought from Sudan to Wolverhampton as a ‘ward’ before being sent back to North Africa.
Written by Emma Norry, a Care Experienced author, she explores the history of her own childhood and how it sparked her love of books. Her new novel, Fablehouse, is based on Holnicote House, a Somerset orphanage for the ‘brown babies’ of white women and Black American GIs in the 1950s. It follows a group of Care Experienced children on a magical adventure.
As part of the Care Experienced History Month blog series, Andrew Kendrick, Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde, explores the history of Corporal Punishmentfor Care Experienced people in Scotland. CW: physical abuse.
Our National Representative, Thomas Bartlett, shares his visit to the historic Foundling Museum in London.
Annie Skinner explores the experiences of Care Experienced people in Waifs and Strays Society (WSS) (now The Children’s Society) during the 19th century.
WC?S announces the return of Care Experienced History Month for 2022, focusing on a lecture series about the Untold Stories of Care.
Find out how Edinburgh Waverly train station and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art were the sites of The Orphan Hospital.
Read the story of how Care Experienced People influenced the Scottish Parliament to change the law in 2014.
As part of Care Experienced History Month we researched history around the world. This is the History of Aotearoa New Zealand.
This page provides a defintion of what Care Experience means and lists of the different phrases used in Australia which are included as Care Experienced people.
Care Experienced people have been a part of Australian society since records began. This page provides a brief background on the history of the care system in Australia.
The history of the care system has some painful moments. Should you require support at any time, we would encourage you to reach out. This page includes some organisations in Australia who will be able to help should you need some support.
We want to share with you the journeys of Care Experienced people you haven’t heard of, as well as well-known figures, throughout history and to the present day. In doing so, we highlight their Care Experience or their story that is untold.
Between 1869 and 1929, over six and a half thousand boys aged between 10 and 16 years old were sent to live on-board the HMS Mars, a ‘training ship’ and ‘industrial school’ moored near Dundee.
Re-writing wrongs is a blog series for people to submit pieces of work that have re-written a moment or article from the past which includes Care Experienced people.
Written by Peter Melrose for Care Experienced History Month Australia.
This blog written by Amanda Gavinseries hopes to give a whirlwind overview of Care Experience in the very distant past, from the ancient to the early modern, across various places. It intends to be a starting point, rather than a definitive History.
This blog series hopes to give a whirlwind overview of Care Experience in the very distant past, from the ancient to the early modern, across various places. It intends to be a starting point, rather than a definitive History.
This blog series hopes to give a whirlwind overview of Care Experience in the very distant past, from the ancient to the early modern, across various places. It intends to be a starting point, rather than a definitive History. Content warning: Abuse.
Written by David Anderson as part of the Re-writing Wrong series.
Sitting down for a conversation with award-winning author, poet, journalist and teacher, Maree Giles.
Find out more about the history of care in Scotland
Find out more about the history of care in the United States of America.
Dr Kate Gibson explores how the census can be used to research Care Experienced history.
Find out more about the history of care in Australia.
Written by David Anderson as part of the Re-writing Wrong series.
Dr Robin Sen shares the history of the UKs child migration scheme as part of its child care policy in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Find out more about the history of care in England.
What do this comedian, wrestling champion and Member of Parliament all have in common?
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